Maxvla
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That purple really pops. Not my choice of color, but it came out well for those who'd have it.
For those thinking of trying the MBs, but didn't take notes from the posts from a couple of weeks back, then see the section about colour coding in my post #5487.
You don't get the option to choose the colour when ordering from most suppliers, so you have to tell them. It seems to matter, as Golfnutz reckoned his Blues were smoother than the Greys.
I've only got the Blues (!), but had I understood the grading before ordering, I'd probably have gone for the Whites.
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Question: for tube rolling, how matched we need the quad EL34 to be? Any specs?
I recall this being asked before and somewhat being answered before -- I wish we had more details as well.
From memory, something along the lines of the left side tubes should be matched closely and the right side matched closely and the L + R sides (all 4) not necessarily needing to be as close.
The challenge is for the laypeople without tube testers or tons of experience with tubes in understanding the terminology of what the heck matched tubes really are. I know that on ebay most of the times you just see sellers posting "matched pair" = tested for tube life and the two are somewhat close to each other. Whether this is what is really needed in matching or not I doubt that it is enough information to be really useful. Then you run into the date codes of tubes and buying disparate pairs and it gets way more challenging.
At any rate my ebay-fu is awful so if anyone happens to have a set of Mullard XF's available or knows where I can get them for not inflated prices please keep me in mind!